By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in her death and that of another Alaska Native woman. Brian Steven Smith was arrested after a woman stole his cellphone from
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch, Shimon Prokupecz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Multiple law enforcement officers who responded to the 2022 school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have been ordered to appear before a grand jury investigating the police response to the incident, a person familiar with the proceeding told CNN. Among those subpoenaed to testify are members
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend-La Pine Schools officials told families in a message Thursday afternoon that they will extend the school year by two days to compensate for lost instructional time due to two snow-related closures during last month’s storms. “We will have school on Monday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 18,” the message stated. In
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — “I just feel like I don’t even want to ever come back to Alabama,” Gabrielle Goidel said Thursday. Yesterday, Goidel was days away from having her eggs retrieved at an Alabama fertility clinic, after three miscarriages and more than a $20,000 investment in a
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The most populous county in Kansas has confirmed that it has rejected demands from the local sheriff and the state attorney general to preserve old ballots and records longer than allowed by state law for an election fraud investigation that has yet to result in any
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden dijo a los donantes el jueves que “la frontera es un caos”, mientras sigue arremetiendo contra los republicanos por frenar la legislación que habría proporcionado financiación adicional y endurecido las normas de migración. “La frontera es un caos. No tienen personal”, dijo Biden a los donantes demócratas en
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and its former partners in the European Union have struck a deal to cooperate more on tackling illegal migration. It’s the latest sign of a thawing in relations between the two sides following Brexit. The British government said in a statement Friday that U.K. border agencies
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar surface after experiencing unexpected issues hours prior to landing. “I know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the surface, and we are transmitting,” Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus announced on
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday an investment of $27 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help support recovery efforts for Pacific salmon populations. The federal funds are available due to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. This investment builds on several projects Senator Wyden has
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A bill before Mississippi lawmakers might allow incarcerated people to sue jails and prisons if they encounter inmates of the opposite sex in restrooms or changing areas. State lawmakers advanced the measure Thursday out of a House committee. If ultimately made law, it would
Continue ReadingBy ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian authorities have ordered the arrest of former President Ricardo Martinelli who has been holed up in the Nicaraguan Embassy since receiving political asylum from that country earlier this month. A judge on Thursday approved a requested change of Martinelli’s conditional release that had stood while
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and reproductive rights groups are seizing on a ruling this week by the Alabama Supreme Court that plunges the future of access to in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF, into uncertainty. They’re banking on the decision, controversial even among Republicans, motivating voters this year much
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media plans to lay off several hundred employees and no longer publish material on its Vice.com website, the company’s CEO said in a memo to staff Thursday. Vice, which filed for bankruptcy last year before being sold for $350 million to a consortium led by the Fortress Investment Group, is
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Pharmacies across the United States are reporting that they are having difficulty getting prescriptions to patients because of a cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth.
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law. That decision was narrow, but legal scholars
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit has struck a deal with Google. The pact announced Thursday will allow the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve products such as online search. It will also give Reddit access to
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to the United States by China in decades. For now, the only U.S. zoo left with any is in Atlanta. But globally there are many places to check
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Israel’s war cabinet has sent a negotiating team, led by Mossad Director David Barnea, to Paris on Friday to pursue talks over a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal, an Israeli official said. The negotiating team is expected to be empowered to engage in substantive negotiations rather than simply
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Decenas de miles de estadounidenses tuvieron dificultades para hacer llamadas telefónicas, enviar mensajes de texto, comunicarse con los servicios de emergencia o incluso acceder a Internet este jueves debido a una interrupción de casi 12 horas en la red de AT&T. Y al menos un departamento de policía informó que su
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press A Michigan man is the first person to face charges under the state’s new law requiring gun owners to keep weapons in locked storage containers around minors. The case is bringing attention to similar state laws across the U.S. and when prosecutors pursue charges. In Michigan, authorities say Michael Tolbert
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